# 蟠

| 蟠 | U+87E0, &#34784; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87E0 |
| ← 蟟 [U+87DF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟡 → [U+87E1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蟠 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹木田 (LIHDW), four-corner 5216$_9$, composition ⿰虫番)
* coil
* coiling, curling
* occupy

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1097, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33591
* Dae Jaweon: page 1561, character 30
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2893, character 6
* Unihan data for U+87E0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 皤 | *paːl, *baːl |
| 嶓 | *paːl |
| 番 | *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban |
| 播 | *paːls |
| 譒 | *paːls |
| 鄱 | *baːl |
| 潘 | *pʰaːn |
| 蟠 | *baːn, *ban |
| 磻 | *baːn |
| 蕃 | *pan, *ban |
| 轓 | *pan, *pʰan |
| 鱕 | *pan |
| 鐇 | *pan, *ban |
| 藩 | *pan, *ban |
| 籓 | *pan |
| 橎 | *panʔ |
| 翻 | *pʰan |
| 幡 | *pʰan |
| 飜 | *pʰan |
| 旛 | *pʰan, *ban |
| 繙 | *pʰan, *ban |
| 燔 | *ban |
| 蹯 | *ban |
| 膰 | *ban |
| 羳 | *ban |
| 鷭 | *ban |
| 璠 | *ban |
| 襎 | *ban |
| 墦 | *ban |

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *boj (Benedict, 1972; Schuessler, 2007).
Cognate with Burmese ဗွေ (bwe, “whorl; cowlick”), Jingpho [script needed] (boi, “to have a cowlick”); Tibetan བལ། (bal, “wool”) is related either to this or 綿 (OC -) ~ 棉 (OC *men, “cotton”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pán (pan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pun$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pán
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pán
*** Wade–Giles: pʻan$^2$
*** Yale: pán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parn
*** Palladius: пань (panʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰän³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pun$^4$
*** Yale: pùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pun$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuːn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: ban
Rime :
| Character | 蟠 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 薄官切 |
| Baxter | ban |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /buɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bwan/ |
| Li Rong | /buɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /buɑn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱuɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | pun$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤar/
    (Zhengzhang): /*baːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蟠 | 蟠 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | pán | pán |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ba › | ‹ ban › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁar/ | /*[b]ˁar/ |
| English | curl (v.) | curl (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蟠 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 2879 |
| Phonetic component | 番 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 槃 |
| Old Chinese | /*baːn/ |

#### Definitions

蟠
* (literary) to wind; to coil; to encircle
* (literary) to extend everywhere

#### Compounds

* 屈蟠
* 泥蟠
* 王母蟠桃
* 虎踞龍蟠 / 虎踞龙蟠
* 虯蟠 / 虬蟠
* 蟠夔紋 / 蟠夔纹
* 蟠曲 (pánqū)
* 蟠木
* 蟠桃 (pántáo)
* 蟠桃會 / 蟠桃会
* 蟠虯紋 / 蟠虬纹
* 蟠虺紋 / 蟠虺纹 (pánhuǐwén)
* 蟠蜿
* 蟠螭紋 / 蟠螭纹 (pánchīwén)
* 蟠踞 (pánjù)
* 蟠采
* 蟠龍 / 蟠龙 (pánlóng)
* 蟠龍松 / 蟠龙松
* 龍蟠虎踞 / 龙蟠虎踞 (lóngpánhǔjù)
* 龍蟠鳳逸 / 龙蟠凤逸

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fán (fan$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faan$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fán
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fán
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^2$
*** Yale: fán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farn
*** Palladius: фань (fanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^4$
*** Yale: fàahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: bjon
Rime :
| Character | 蟠 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 附袁切 |
| Baxter | bjon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bʉɐn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bʷiɐn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /biuɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buan/ |
| Li Rong | /biuɐn/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwɐn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯wɐn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ban/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蟠 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 2903 |
| Phonetic component | 番 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 煩 |
| Old Chinese | /*ban/ |

#### Definitions

蟠
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### References

* “蟠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ばん (ban)、ぼん (bon)
* Kan-on: はん (han)
* Kun: めぐる (meguru, 蟠る)、わだかまる (wadakamaru, 蟠る)、わらじむし (warajimushi)、つもる (tsumoru)、あつまる (atsumaru)

#### Compounds

* 蟠竜(はんりょう) (hanryō)
* 蟠踞(ばんきょ) (bankyo)
* 蟠屈(ばんくつ) (bankutsu)
* 蟠竜湖(ばんりゅうこ) (banryūko)
* 蟠竜湖県立自然公園(ばんりゅうこけんりつしぜんこうえん) (banryūkokenritsushizenkōen)
* 蟠車(まいのは) (mainoha)

## Korean
### Hanja

蟠 • (ban) (hangeul 반, revised ban, McCune–Reischauer pan, Yale pan)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蟠: Hán Nôm readings: bàn
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